Sr. Power Electronics Engineer - BNS Core Systems and Components

BLUE ORIGIN • Denver, CO

10d • $144,179 - $201,850

About The Position

This role is part of Blue Origin’s Blue National Security (BNS) organization, which designs, develops, and delivers launch and spacecraft systems for national security missions. The Senior Power Electronics Engineer will architect, design, and deliver electrical power components for Blue Ring and similar space systems, helping ensure reliable operation across varied missions and environments. The role involves working independently, leading engineers, owning program scope, and shaping team tools, processes, and standards.

The engineer will define and deliver end-to-end electrical power systems for Core Systems and Components and Space Mobility avionics, including power generation, energy storage, distribution, regulation, and fault protection. Responsibilities span system architecture and circuit design, requirements and documentation, verification and anomaly resolution, program ownership, and team leadership. The position carries technical approval authority for assigned deliverables and ownership of schedule, budget, and milestones within its hardware scope.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
• At least 8 years of experience designing and delivering electrical power-system hardware through the full development lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through fabrication, qualification, and production.
• Experience architecting and designing spacecraft or high-reliability EPS hardware, including power-generation interfaces, energy-storage systems, power distribution units, and regulation circuits.
• Deep understanding of power-electronics design, including buck, boost, buck-boost, and flyback DC/DC converters, battery management, and fault-protection circuits.
• Experience performing and leading derating, WCCA, tolerance, and thermal analyses for flight or high-reliability power hardware.
• Experience defining and implementing grounding, bonding, and shielding architecture for complex electronic systems.
• Experience leading technical design reviews, including PDR and CDR, and owning documentation and action-item closure.
• Experience leading root-cause analyses and anomaly investigations for complex hardware failures, including developing and executing recovery plans.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and provide substantive technical feedback.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to access export-controlled technical data.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience designing EPS hardware for spacecraft, in-space propulsion systems, or launch-vehicle avionics.
• Experience designing solar-array power systems, including maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and array-to-bus regulation architectures.
• Knowledge of battery electrochemistry, cell-level characterization, and BMS design for Li-ion or Li-polymer flight batteries.
• Familiarity with fault-protection architecture, including autonomous fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR) strategies for in-space systems.
• Experience designing pyrotechnic or electro-explosive device (EED) firing circuits for spacecraft separation or deployment systems.
• Knowledge of radiation effects on power electronics and experience selecting or qualifying radiation-tolerant components.
• Experience with power-system modeling and simulation using MATLAB/Simulink, SPICE-based tools, or Systems Tool Kit (STK).
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-975, MIL-PRF-38535, ECSS, or equivalent high-reliability parts qualification and screening standards.
• Experience defining and executing EMI/EMC test programs for power-system hardware, such as MIL-STD-461 or equivalent.
• Background in high-speed PCB physical design, including PDN analysis, signal integrity, and thermal management for multilayer flight boards.
• Familiarity with AS9100, NASA-STD-8739, or IPC-A-610 quality and workmanship standards.
• Experience supporting production transitions, including first article inspection, DFM optimization, and production acceptance-test development.
• Experience developing or owning discipline-level design processes, tools, or standards.
• Familiarity with MBSE and requirements-management tools such as DOORS, Cameo, or Jama.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and deliver end-to-end electrical power systems for Core Systems and Components and Space Mobility avionics, including power generation, energy storage, power distribution, regulation, and fault protection.
• Define and own EPS bus architecture, including primary bus topology, voltage-domain selection, fault-isolation strategy, and power sequencing across vehicle modes and mission phases.
• Design flight power-electronics circuits, including solar-array regulators, battery charge/discharge controllers, DC/DC converters, LDOs, hot-swap controllers, and pyrotechnic firing circuits.
• Develop power budgets across mission phases and drive power-allocation trades with systems engineering and subsystem owners.
• Decompose and allocate system-level EPS requirements into subcircuit and module-level requirements across interconnected electronic assemblies.
• Lead derating, WCCA, tolerance, and thermal analyses for assigned EPS hardware.
• Define system-level grounding, bonding, and shielding architecture to meet EMI/EMC requirements.
• Guide PCB physical design, including power-plane strategy, high-current routing, thermal management, and DfX requirements for flight hardware.
• Lead requirements analysis and EPS architecture definition, ensuring traceability from vehicle-level requirements through circuit-level implementation.
• Author and own hardware requirements documents, interface control documents, design specifications, and architecture trade-study documentation.
• Independently determine methods and procedures for new EPS design assignments and establish team standards.
• Prepare and chair EPS hardware technical design reviews (SRR, PDR, and CDR), and drive closure of findings and action items.
• Lead development of hardware verification and validation plans with full requirements traceability.
• Own environmental qualification and acceptance-test strategies for power-system hardware.
• Lead anomaly investigations and root-cause analyses for complex EPS failures, and develop and implement recovery plans.
• Evaluate and disposition test anomalies using advanced technical judgment, and drive corrective action through design resolution.
• Own schedule, budget, and technical milestones for assigned EPS hardware scope, and hold program-level technical approval authority for deliverables.
• Lead projects and significant tool-development initiatives, and own process improvements that increase design efficiency and reduce errors.
• Support technology roadmapping, EPS architecture maturation, and documentation of business- and function-level best practices.
• Lead, mentor, and train engineers at multiple levels in EPS design, analysis, verification, and hardware-release criteria.
• Review others’ technical work, identify subtle design flaws, and provide actionable, substantive improvements.
• Develop processes and standards to improve EPS design and verification efficiency and quality.
• Build working relationships with systems engineering, mechanical, thermal, software, and test teams to resolve cross-discipline technical challenges.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short- and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match of up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
• Paid time off of up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays
• Some employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on role type and job level; amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior